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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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HR8244

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:50 | Tran: 6:47 | Set: 9:44
Alt: -23.83°   Az: 251.84°   Direction: West-South-West

HR8244 is a giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8244 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, HR8244 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR8244 star
DSS2 image of HR8244. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8244 during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 36m 22s
-29° 34’ 54”
06h 07m 31s
03h 43m 53s

J2000

21h 34m 53s
-29° 41’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

17.47°
-47.03°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8244.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.41
Giant

-0.23
B8III
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8244 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8244. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8244 is distant 695.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

213.22
695.10
-15 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO190458
SAO190458

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8244 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.6°
Max altitude: 8.9°
Azimuth: 240.4°